The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-06-24
Wheat harvest has commenced in West.

moreland county.
Mr.. W. II. Connell Is doing duty as night
policeman during the absence OF Jno O wens
who Is of on a visit
Mr.. y. 1. Roberts, OF Johnstown. has
been spending few days in town during
the present week.
The Ebens5urg Cornet Band played
some very fine selections on the street on
Wednesday evening.
F. A. Shoemaker, ESQ. and family.
have again taken up their residence in
E0ensburg.
The tipple belonging to the Mountain
Dale Coal Company on the Bells Gap rail-
road burned down on Thursday Of last
week
The libel suit against the A ltoona Times
brought some time ago by Mrs. Anna Treese,
has been withdrawn and the prosecutrix
paying the costs.
On and after July Ist. 1887, Eastern
standard time will be "the sole and uniform
standard time Of this Common wealth as
authorized by recent act OF the Legisia-
ture.
Mr.. Martin Byrne. Of Allegheny county.
Barr township, was visitor TO our Office on
Thursday, being on his way home from a
visit to his parents.
The partridge is again protected by law
The state Legislature at its late session
provided penalty OF $40 for killing par
trtdges between December 10 and October
10. This leaves but two months to partridge
hunters.
There are two applicants for PRINCIPAL
OF the Eoeusburg borough schools. Prof's.
j. w. Leech aud A. r. Reed. Alta meet
ing OF the School Board, held on Monday
night, several ballots were taken resulting
in tie vote
The public school building In this place
will tn the future be heated by steam. On
Monday last, the Directors. contracted with
Messys. McMillen and Walters Of Johns
town, for the putting In of the necessary
steam fixtures, the contract price being
8, ,ISO
During storm on Monday evening. the
barn Of William CLARK, of Armstrong town.
ship, Indiana county, was struck by light
ming and burned TO the ground Mr.. Clark
looses about 800 bushels OF wheat, a large
lot Of corn, and all bis farming i'm mpIements.
The stock in the barn was all saved Loss
about g. OsO
The Cresson and Ebensburg special, on
the Pennsylvania railroad, will commence
running on June %, leaving Pittsburgh
at 80 p. NJ , reaching Cresscn at . so p. NJ.
and arrive in EbenSburg at 3OPM Re
turning the train will leave EbensburG
Monday at 7.05 \. NJ, Cressou at : 80 A. NJ,
arriving at Pittsburg at 10 .35 AN.
"A wise farmer will protect the birds the
insect eaters, robins. cat-birds, blue birds,
black birds, thrushes, orioles, red birds, wood
peckers, and the like. All the birds men
TONED have a mission 10 perform inthe econ
omy of nature The martins destroy wee
wills, the quails chinch bugs, the wood peck
ers dig worms from the trees, while NE
others eat worms, catterptllars and bugs.
The Bedford Gazet,e says Somerset
county has recently furnished to the world
some queer sensations. one OF these was
the action of the associate Judges in reject
sN applications for license 20 sell LIQUOR.
Another was the return to court OF the Som
erset lookup as gambling house. The last
Is the chairman OF the Republican county
committee issuing the call for his party's
J..
The chairman is serving out a sentence i'm
posed for violation af the election laws.
The Johnstown Tribune OF Friday last
says Director Easily, Of the Poor Board
this morning received notice from the
authorities Of DiXmont Insane Asylum 20
the effect that no more patients will be re-
ceived at that institution unless committed
by the Court The capacity OF the Asylum
Is now taxed 70 accommodate the inmates
and further admissions will be only cases of
absolute necessity. Hereafter, therefore
patients placed in the hands OF the poor
authorities will be sent either to Harrisburg
or Warren. There are now about seventy
persons In Dixmont from Cambria county. -
--On Tuesday evening a. Mr. William
Dufton, Of the firm Of Dufton x Son, and
Mr.. Jesse BolsinGer Of this place were re
turning from Loretto, wher they reached
Rradleys station the horse, which was a
spirited one, got his tail switched over one
OF the lines and became fractions. Mr. Duff
ton attempted % lean over the dash board
Of the buggy for the purpose OF unloosing
the line, when the horse kicked, striking
him on the left arm and breaking one Of the
small bones near the wrist. After kicking,
the hoIse got his feet over the cross piece OF
the shafts and In his struggles broke the
shafts, got loose from the buggy and
started home, but was caught near the
slmshouse. Mr., Bert Grouse happened to
come along with a buggy and brought Mr.
Dufton home. where DR.. Jones dressed his
injuries and set the fractured bone.
"A serious and singular accident hap
pened at the works of the johnson Steel
Railway Company in Woodvale on Tuesday
morning. John Young machinist. was
assisting Thomas Darby and Mr.. Cough
nour, the foreman, In doing some repairing
TO the df~s in the trip hammer in the forge
department, and while thus engaged with
their hands on the dies, Young stepped on
the treade that drops the hammer and IL
Immediately descended, cutting Young's
left hand off at the wrist and Darby's right
hand off short distance above the wrist.
4 physician afterwards amputated the
stumps, and gave them all the attention that
II was possible to render them. GoughnOuT
also had his hand under the hammer but got
it away In time to save it. Mr.. Darby is a
cousin of Mr.. James C. Darby, who last
J ear was a candidate for the nomination for
at the Democratic primaries.
and is also one-armed man.
On Saturday afternoon while Mr.. Joseph
Of Cambria township, was loading
some goods on his wagon In front or Dufton
4 Sons hardware store in this place, his
team got frightened and started TO run.
When the horses reached the Diamond they